Commerce of Liberia 



extent, but not in the proportion anticipated. The planters 

 have become nervous by long depression and have to some 

 extent lost faith. 



Palm Oil is a large export — mainly from the Basa 

 and Kru Coast. This substance is used in the manufacture 



144. A LIBERIAN COFFEE PLANTATION AT WHITE PLAINS ON THE ST. PAUL'S RIVER 



of the best kind of soaps and candles and takes the place of 

 tallow. It is extracted from the outer coating of the palm 

 nut. The method of obtaining the oil is simple : The palm 

 nuts are gathered and thrown together into a pit dug in the 

 earth, and allowed to remain until decay and fermentation set 

 in ; the outer coating is then squeezed by hand, and the oil 



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